Spooky site of ancient hauntings for sale

ANCIENT ruins said to be stalked by the ghost of a woman who could foresee the future have gone on sale.

The tumbledown remains of the Old Village of Lawers, on the shore of Loch Tay, Perthshire, dates from the 1600s and has been put on the market with a price tag of £100,000.

The new owner would be unable to build on the spooky site, which is designated a scheduled ancient monument, but would become the “custodian” of an area said to be rich in history.

However, they may have to contend with the spirit of Lady Lawers, last occupant of the House of Lawers. She was said to have been a soothsayer who predicted disasters on the loch. Locals claim she still haunts the ruins to this day.

The three-acre site comprises ruins at each end with an “in-field” in between, on which villagers farmed in the past.

Lady Lawers is remembered for various prophecies, some relating to the church of Lawers and the local community, while others refer to social and economic changes.

She referred to “fire-coaches” crossing the Drumochter Pass, she foreshadowed the coming of the railway and steam trains.

She is supposed to have planted an ash tree at the north end of Lawers Kirk and said that when it grew to the height of the little spire the church would fall.

But the church was damaged so much in a thunderstorm in which the ash tree perished that it was never used again.

Jon Lambert, of selling agent John Clegg & Co, said: “The word ‘unique’ is overused, but there can be very few times when it is so appropriate as with this chance to be the owner of an area so rich in history, romance and tradition.”